tranquil

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
tranquil
    adj 1: (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy
           waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the
           placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of
           tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a
           smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still
           water"; "unruffled water" [syn: {placid}, {quiet},
           {still}, {tranquil}, {smooth}, {unruffled}]
    2: not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a
       calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he
       remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene
       expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil";
       "tranquil life in the country" [syn: {calm}, {unagitated},
       {serene}, {tranquil}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tranquil \Tran"quil\, a. [L. tranquillus; probably fr. trans
   across, over + a word akin to quietus quiet: cf. F.
   tranquille. See {Quiet}.]
   Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the
   atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is
   tranquil.
   [1913 Webster]

         A style clear, tranquil, easy to follow. --De Quincey.
   [1913 Webster] Tranquilization
    
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
TRANQUIL

   1966.  ALGOL-like language with sets and other extensions, for
   the Illiac IV.  "TRANQUIL: A Language for an Array Processing
   Computer", N.E. Abel et al, Proc SJCC 34 (1969).
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "tranquil":
      at peace, at rest, blank, blankminded, bloodless, calm, cloistered,
      collected, composed, concordant, cool, coolheaded, dispassionate,
      dwindling, easy, easygoing, ebbing, empty, empty-headed, equable,
      even, even-tempered, even-tenored, fatuous, halcyon, hushed,
      idyllic, impassive, inane, incogitant, irenic, isolated,
      levelheaded, moldering, nirvanic, oblivious, orderly, pacific,
      passive, pastoral, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, philosophical,
      piping, placid, poised, possessed, quiescent, quiet, quietistic,
      regular, relaxed, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, secluded,
      sedate, self-controlled, self-possessed, sequestered, sequestrated,
      serene, sheltered, smooth, soft, stable, steady, still,
      still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding,
      thoughtfree, thoughtless, unagitated, undisturbed, unexcited,
      unideaed, unintellectual, unmoved, unoccupied, unperturbed,
      unreasoning, unruffled, unstirring, unthinking, untroubled, vacant,
      vacuous, waning

    

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